Fitbit Zip Blaze User manual

User Manual
Version 1.4

Get started
Welcome to Fitbit Blaze, the smart fitness watch that helps you meet your fitness
goals in style. Take a moment to review our complete safety information at
fitbit.com/safety.
What's in the box
Your Blaze box includes:
Tracker Charging cable
The detachable bands on Blaze come in a variety of colors and materials, sold
separately.
Charge your tracker
A fully-charged Blaze has a battery life of up to 5 days. Battery life and charge
cycles vary with use and other factors; actual results will vary.
To charge Blaze:
1. Plug the charging cable into the USB port on your computer, or a UL-certified
USB wall charger, or another low-energy charging device.
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2. Remove the tracker from the wristband. To do so, turn the wristband over and
push the screen gently so that it detaches from the frame.
3. Put the tracker inside the charging cradle with the screen facing towards you.
The four gold prongs should be aligned.
4. Close the cradle cover. When your tracker is securely in the cradle, a large
battery icon appears to let you know charging has started.
Charging fully takes 1 to 2 hours. While the tracker charges, you can check the clock
by tapping the screen, use notifications, and control music. A bright battery icon in
the top left of the screen shows the battery level. You can also check battery level
while charging by opening then closing the cradle cover to see a larger icon.
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Set up with your phone
Set up Blaze with the Fitbit app for iPhones and iPads or Android phones. The Fitbit
app is compatible with most popular phones and tablets. For more information, see
fitbit.com/devices.
To get started:
1. Download the Fitbit app:
lApple App Store for iPhones
lGoogle Play Store for Android phones
2. Install the app, and open it.
lIf you already have a Fitbit account, log in to your account > tap the
Today tab > your profile picture > Set Up a Device.
lIf you don't have a Fitbit account, tap Join Fitbit to be guided through a
series of questions to create a Fitbit account.
3. Continue to follow the on-screen instructions to connect Blaze to your
account.
When you're done with setup, read through the guide to learn more about your new
tracker and then explore the Fitbit app.
For more information, see help.fitbit.com.
See your data in the Fitbit app
Open the Fitbit app on your phone to view your activity and sleep data, log food
and water, participate in challenges, and more.
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Wear Blaze
PlaceBlaze around your wrist. If you purchased another band, see the instructions
in "Change the band" on the facing page.
Placement for all-day wear vs. exercise
When you're not exercising, wear Blaze a finger's width above your wristbone.
For optimized heart-rate tracking while exercising:
lDuring a workout, experiment with wearing the device higher on your wrist (3
finger widths)for an improved fit. Many exercises such as bike riding or
weight lifting cause you to bend your wrist frequently, which could interfere
with the heart-rate signal if the watch is lower on your wrist.
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lWear your Fitbit device on top of your wrist, and make sure the back of the
device is in contact with your skin.
lConsider tightening your band before a workout and loosening it when you’re
done. The band should be snug but not constricting (a tight band restricts
blood flow, potentially affecting the heart-rate signal).
Handedness
For greater accuracy, you must specify whether you wear Blaze on your dominant
or non-dominant hand. Your dominant hand is the one you use for writing and
eating. To start, the Wrist setting is set to non-dominant. If you wear Blaze on your
dominant hand, change the Wrist setting in the Fitbit app:
From the Today tab in the Fitbit app, tap your profile picture >Blaze tile
>Wrist >Dominant.
Change the band
The wristband has two separate bands (top and bottom) that you can swap with
accessory bands sold separately.
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Remove a band
1. Place Blaze face down on a flat, smooth surface and find the two band
removal switches—there’s one on each end where the band meets the frame
2. To unlock the switch, use the tip of your finger or nail to gently slide the switch
to the opposite end, then pull the band away from the frame.
3. Repeat on the other side.
Attach a new band
Before you attach a new wristband, first identify the top and bottom bands. The top
band has a watch buckle at the end of it. The bottom band has notches.
To attach the band:
1. Place your Blaze face down. When it is face down, two buttons are on the left
and a single button is on the right.
2. Find the pin opposite the removal switch, and slide it into the hole in the
frame.
3. Pull the switch while sliding the band into place then release it to lock the
band into the frame.
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Basics
Learn how best to navigate, check the battery level, and care for your tracker.
Navigate Blaze
Blaze has a color LCD touch screen and 3 buttons.
Navigate Blaze by swiping side to side, up and down, or pressing a button. To
preserve battery, the tracker’s screen turns off when not in use.
Basic navigation
The home screen is the clock.
lSwipe up to see any notifications.
lSwipe down to control music and turn notifications on and off.
lSwipe left, then tap to open specialized menus.
lPress the left button to go back to a previous screen or return to the clock
face.
Check battery level
When looking at any menu screens, a small icon on the top left shows your battery
level. If the battery is low, you'll see a battery icon on the clock face.
Change the clock face
Blaze comes with several clock faces. To change your clock face:
1. From the Today tab in the Fitbit app, tap your profile picture > Blaze tile.
2. Tap Clock Display.
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3. Swipe left and right to browse the available clock faces. Tap Choose to switch
to the selected clock face.
Adjust settings
Manage basic settings including brightness, heart-rate tracking, and Quick View
directly on your tracker. Open the Settings menu and tap a setting to adjust it.
Swipe up to see the full list of settings.
Care for Blaze
It's important to clean and dry Blaze regularly. For more information, see
fitbit.com/productcare.
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Notifications
Blaze can show call, text, calendar, and app notifications from your phone to keep
you informed. Keep your tracker within 30 feet of your phone to receive
notifications.
Set up notifications
Check that Bluetooth on your phone is on and that your phone can receive
notifications (often under Settings >Notifications). Then set up notifications:
1. From the Today tab in the Fitbit app, tap your profile picture >Blaze tile.
2. Tap Notifications.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to pair your tracker if you haven't already.
Call, text, and calendar notifications are turned on automatically.
4. To turn on notifications from apps installed on your phone, including Fitbit and
WhatsApp, tap App Notifications and turn on the notifications you want to
see.
Note that if you have an iPhone, Blaze shows notifications from all calendars synced
to the Calendar app. If you have an Android phone, Blaze shows calendar
notifications from the calendar app you choose during setup.
For more information, see help.fitbit.com.
See incoming notifications
When your phone and Blaze are within range, a notification causes the tracker to
vibrate. If you don't read the notification when it arrives, you can check it later by
swiping up on the clock screen.
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Manage notifications
Blaze stores up to 30 notifications, after which the oldest are replaced as you
receive new ones. Notifications delete automatically after 24 hours. Your tracker
can show up to 32 characters of a subject and up to 160 characters of a text
message
To manage notifications:
lSwipe up from the clock face to see your notifications and tap any notification
to expand it.
lTo delete a notification, swipe it to the right.
lTo delete all notifications at once, swipe to the bottom of your notifications
and tap Clear All.
lFor longer text notifications, swipe up to scroll through the contents of the
text.
lTo exit the notifications screen, press the left button.
Turn off notifications
Turn off certain notifications in the Fitbit app, or turn off all notifications in the quick
settings on Blaze. When all notifications are turned off, your tracker won't vibrate
and the screen won't turn on when your phone receives a notification.
To turn off certain notifications:
1. From the Today tab in the Fitbit app on your phone, tap your profile
picture >Blaze tile >Notifications.
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2. Turn off the notifications you no longer want to receive on your tracker.
3. Sync your tracker to save your changes.
To turn off all notifications:
1. Press and hold the top right button to open the quick settings.
2. Change the notifications settings to Off.
Note that if you use the Do Not Disturb setting on your phone, you don't receive
notifications on your tracker until you turn off this setting.
Answer or reject phone calls
If paired to an iPhone, Blaze lets you accept or reject incoming phone calls.
To accept a call, tap the green phone icon on your tracker's screen.Note that you
can't speak into the tracker—accepting a phone call answers the call on your nearby
phone. To reject a call, tap the red phone icon to send the caller to voicemail.
The caller's name appears if that person is in your contacts list; otherwise you see a
phone number.
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Timekeeping
Alarms vibrate to wake or alert you at a time you set. Set up to 8 alarms to occur
once or on multiple days of the week. You can also time events with the stopwatch
or set a countdown timer.
Set an alarm
Set, manage, and delete alarms in the Alarms menu on your tracker. When an alarm
goes off, your tracker vibrates. To dismiss the alarm, tap the check mark. To snooze
the alarm for 9 minutes, tap the ZZZ icon. You can snooze as many times as you like.
Note that your tracker will go into snooze mode automatically if you ignore the
alarm for more than 1 minute.
For more information, see help.fitbit.com.
Set a timer or stopwatch
To set a timer or use the stopwatch, open the Timer menu. Swipe left or right to
choose between the timer and stopwatch.
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Activity Tracking
Blaze continuously tracks a variety of stats whenever you wear it. Data
automatically syncs when in range of the Fitbit app throughout the day.
See your stats
From the clock face, swipe left to the Today screen. Tap it and swipe up to see your
daily stats:
lSteps taken
lCurrent heart rate
lDistance covered
lCalories burned
lFloors climbed
lActive minutes
lHourly activity
Find your complete history and other information detected by your tracker, such as
sleep data, in the Fitbit app.
Track a daily activity goal
Blaze tracks your progress toward a daily activity goal of your choice. When you
reach your goal, your tracker vibrates and shows a celebration.
Choose a goal
Set a goal to help you get started on your health and fitness journey. To begin, your
goal is 10,000 steps per day. Choose to increase or decrease the number of steps,
or to change your goal to distance, calories burned, active minutes, or floors
climbed.
For more information, see help.fitbit.com.
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Track your hourly activity
Blaze helps you stay active throughout the day by keeping track of when you're
stationary and reminding you to move.
Reminders nudge you to walk at least 250 steps each hour. You feel a vibration and
see a reminder on your screen at 10 minutes before the hour if you haven't walked
250 steps.
When you meet the 250-step goal after receiving the reminder, you feel a second
vibration and see a celebration.
Turn on reminders to move in the Fitbit app.
For more information, see help.fitbit.com.
Track your sleep
Wear Blaze to bed to automatically track your time asleep, and sleep stages (time
spent in REM, light sleep, and deep sleep). To see your sleep stats, sync your tracker
when you wake up and check the Fitbit app.
Set a sleep goal
To start, you have a sleep goal of 8 hours of sleep per night. Customize this goal to
meet your needs.
For more information, see help.fitbit.com.
Set a bedtime reminder
The Fitbit app can recommend consistent bedtimes and wake times to help you
improve the consistency of your sleep cycle. Turn on bedtime reminders to be
reminded nightly when it's time to start getting ready for bed.
For more information, see help.fitbit.com.
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Learn about your sleep habits
Blaze tracks several sleep metrics including when you go to bed, how long you're
asleep, and your time spent in each sleep stage. Track your sleep with Blaze and
check the Fitbit app to understand how your sleep patterns compare to your peers.
For more information, see help.fitbit.com.
Practice guided breathing
The Relax mode on Blaze provides personalized guided breathing sessions to help
you find moments of calm throughout the day. You can choose between 2-minute
and 5-minute sessions.
1. On your tracker, swipe to the Relax screen.
2. The 2-minute session is the first option. Swipe to choose the 5-minute session
3. Tap the screen and then tap the play symbol in the bottom right to start the
session.
4. Remain still and breathe deeply during the calibration period, which lasts 30-
40 seconds. You’ll see the phrase “sensing your breathing” on your tracker’s
screen.
5. After you’ve completed the session, press the button to return to the clock.
All notifications are automatically disabled during the session. If you’ve set a silent
alarm, Blaze will vibrate at the time specified.
For more information, see help.fitbit.com.
Track your exercise automatically
Blaze automatically recognizes and records many high-movement activities which
are at least 15 minutes long. Sync your device to see basic stats about your activity
in your exercise history.
For more information, including how to change the minimum duration before an
activity is tracked, see help.fitbit.com.
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Track and analyze exercise with exercise mode
Track specific exercises with the exercise mode on Blaze to see real-time stats. For
complete workout stats, review your exercise history in the Fitbit app.
Note:Blaze uses the GPS sensors on your nearby phone to capture GPSdata.
GPSrequirements
Connected GPSis available for all supported phones with GPSsensors. For more
information, see help.fitbit.com.
1. Turn on Bluetooth and GPS on your phone.
2. Make sure Blaze is paired to your phone.
3. Make sure the Fitbit app has permission to use GPS or location services.
4. Check that connected GPS is turned on for the exercise.
1. On your tracker, swipe to the exercise screen and tap it, then swipe to
find the exercise you want to track with connected GPS.
2. If you see a gear icon in the lower left, that exercise offers connected
GPS. Tap the gear and make sure connected GPS is turned on.
3. Press the left button to return to the previous screen.
5. Keep your phone with you while you exercise.
Track an exercise
1. Swipe to the exercise screen and tap it.
2. Swipe to find the exercise you want to track and tap it.
3. Tap the play icon to start tracking your exercise.
4. During your workout, tap or swipe up and down to scroll through your real-
time stats.
5. When you’re done with your workout or want to pause, tap the pause icon.
6. Tap the play button to resume your exercise or tap the flag icon to end
exercise mode. You'll see a summary of your results.
7. Tap Done to exit exercise mode.
Note:
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lIf the exercise uses GPS, an icon appears in the top left as your tracker
connects to your phone's GPS sensors. When the icon lights up and Blaze
vibrates, GPS is connected.
Customize your exercise shortcuts
1. From the Today tab in the Fitbit app, tap your profile picture > Blaze tile.
2. Tap Exercise Shortcuts.
lTo add a new exercise shortcut, tap the +icon and select an exercise.
lTo remove an exercise shortcut, swipe left on a shortcut.
lTo reorder an exercise shortcut, tap Edit, and press and hold the
hamburger icon , then drag it up or down.
Check your workout summary
Sync your tracker to save the workout in your exercise history, where you can find
additional stats and see your route if you used connected GPS.
Check your heart rate
Heart-rate zones help you target the training intensity of your choice. Blaze shows
your current zone and progress toward your maximum heart rate next to your
heart-rate reading. In the Fitbit app, you can see your time spent in zones during a
particular day or exercise. Three zones based on American Heart Association
recommendations are available, or you can create a custom zone if you have a
specific heart rate you're targeting.
Default heart-rate zones
Default heart-rate zones are calculated using your estimated maximum heart rate.
Fitbit calculates your maximum heart rate with the common formula of 220 minus
your age.
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Icon Zone Calculation Description
Out of
Zone
Below 50%
of your
maximum
heart rate
Your heart rate may be
elevated, but not enough to be
considered exercise.
Fat Burn Between
50% and
69% of your
maximum
heart rate
This is a low-to-medium
intensity exercise zone. This
zone may be a good place to
start for those new to exercise.
It's called the Fat Burn zone
because a higher percentage of
calories are burned from fat, but
the total calorie burn rate is
lower.
Cardio Between
70% and
84% of your
maximum
heart rate
This is a medium-to-high
intensity exercise zone. In this
zone you're pushing yourself
but not straining. For most
people this is the exercise zone
to target.
Peak Greater than
85% of your
maximum
heart rate
This is a high-intensity exercise
zone. This zone is for short
intense sessions that improve
performance and speed.
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Custom heart-rate zones
Set a custom heart-rate zone or a custom max heart rate in the Fitbit app if you
have a specific target in mind. For example, elite athletes might have a target that
differs from the American Heart Association’s recommendations for most people.
For more information, see help.fitbit.com.
Share your activity
After you complete a workout, sync your tracker with the Fitbit app to share your
stats with friends and family.
For more information, see help.fitbit.com.
View your cardio fitness score
View your overall cardiovascular fitness in the Fitbit app. See your cardio fitness
score and cardio fitness level, which shows how you compare to your peers. From
the Fitbit app dashboard, tap the heart-rate tile, and swipe left to see your detailed
cardio fitness stats.
For more information, see help.fitbit.com.
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